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 Count de Mirabel, an Engineer, was shot thro' both his Cheeks with a Musket Ball. On the 28th, the Sieurs de Geofreville Lieutenant-General, d' Araziel Major-Gneral, de Velasco and Cavalier Brigadiers, reliev'd the Trenches, with the same Number of Troops, and 2000 Workmen. In the Night we fired three Branches on the Right, and as many on the Left, in order to augment the Fire from the Trenches. A Deserter reported, that on the 25th there was a great Assembly in the Town-house, whither the Counsel of a Hundred repair'd. Several represented, that they must needs submit; but Villaroel, the Sieur Pinos, a Person of Quality, Basset one of the principal Authors of the Revolt of the Kingdom of Valencia, and a great Vicar of the Bishooprick, rejected that Proposal; this last assuring them of Succours from Heaven; and Basset, That he had the Secret of a Powder, which would cast a Mist before the Eyes, and lay a-sleep the Besiegers, when they should make the Assault. Upon such Assurances, it was resolved to persist in the Defence; nevertheless, Villaroel sent his Wife to Montjuy, whither the principal Ladies of the City are retired. In the Night, a Captain of the Regiment of Cordona was kill'd, with 12 Soldiers; and we had 20 wounded. On the 29th, the Marquiss de Ceva Crimaldi Lieutenant-General, the Sieur Luequesi Major-General, and the Sieurs de Sanzas and d' Alba Brigadiers, reliev'd the Trenches with the usual Number of Troops. We continued the Saps, and enlarged the Breaches; that in the Courtine was 20 Toifes wide, and that in the Bastion of the Levant 10. Three Deserters came thro' the Breach in the Night, and reported, That the Evening before, the Besieged assembled 12 or 13000 Men,